Civil Rights Movement

Early on President Truman took a step in supporting civil rights with E.O. 9981 which used his power as Commander in Chief to

• integrated restaurants, movie theaters, and interstate travel

• integrated public schools

• desegregated the military

• rejected Southern support in the 1948 election

The  Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education resulted in which of the following?

• upheld the Plessy v Ferguson verdict and states' right to continue segregation

• required equal representation law enforcement and police programs

• integration of all public transportation

• overturned Plessy v Ferguson, stating that segregated schools are unconstitutional

Which of the following best characterizes the methods of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• nonviolent defiance of segregation

• armed violence against police and troops

• support of segregation while building job skills for African Americans

• he hoped to become president and promote change from a position of power

Who was the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi? Their safety required federal government intervention and protection.

• Emmett Till

• Rosa Parks

• Isaac Woodard

• James Meredith

Discrimination in public facilities was outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but which of the following area of discrimination was addressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

• job opportunities and hiring

• buying or renting a home

• school admissions in universities

• gaining a government work contract

Term Match: Governor and citizens of Arkansas attempted to prevent black students from enrolling in the public high school; Eisenhower intervened with national guard troops

• Freedom Riders

• March on Washington

• Little Rock Nine

• Murder of Emmett Till

The Freedom Rides resulted in the 

• integration of interstate transportation systems

• desegregation of public schools

• outlawing of discrimination in the housing market

• outlawing of state disenfranchisement laws (poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses)

Term Match: Militant political organization formed to fight poverty in communities of color and to take a stand against police brutality; part of the black power movement, emphasized self-defense

• SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee)

• Freedom Riders

• Black Panther Party

• Sit-in Movement

The Selma Campaign directly led to 

• decrease in voting participation by people of color

• increase in voting rights for people of color

• race riots in Los Angeles and Detroit

• the bombing of an African American church

Which of the following is NOT a true aspect of civil disobedience as a form of protest?

• goal is to raise awareness about unfair laws

• disobeying laws believed to be unjust

• protesters accept the punishment for breaking the laws

• protesters defended themselves with violence in self-defense